13 Jul '09 12:04>2 edits
Originally posted by jaywillSo in your interpretation, this passage
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agree with you on this :
>>>>You see the judgement mentioned in Matthew 25 is not the last judgement at the great white throne at the end of the millennial 1,000 years. Rather it is at the beginning of that time, after Jesus sits on the throne of His glory in the Holy Land. That is at the conclusion of the great ...[text shortened]... Matthew 25:32.
The same matter is being taught in two different ways.
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"But when the Son of Man comes in His glory ... He will sit on the throne of His glory, and all the NATIONS will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them from one another, just as the shepherd separates the SHEEP from the GOATS." And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. (See Matthew 25:31,33)
really means :
"But when the Son of Man comes in His glory ... He will sit on the throne of His glory, and all the NATIONS will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them from one another, just as the shepherd separates the SHEEP NATIONS from the GOAT NATIONS." And he shall set the sheep nations on his right hand, but the goat nations on the left. (See Matthew 25:31,32)
Is that your interpretation?
If it is, then entire nations of sheep will get life eternal and not individuals and entire nations of goats will be punished and not just individuals.
Nations are gathered before him and he will separate sheep from the goats. Its says nothing about sheep nations or goat nations.
This thing called indoctrination is truly amazing. You are adding in the word nations after sheep, when the Bible has no such term. The Bible says sheep and goats, not sheep nations and goat nations.